The second president of RA, Robert Kocharyan, was charged on July 26, he was invited as a witness, but from the very first moment they said that they decided to charge him, interrogate him as an accused. Ruben Sahakyan, Robert Kocharyan’s lawyer, mentioned this today, July 28, during a meeting with journalists.

The Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan satisfied the 2nd President of RA Robert Kocharyan motion to detain. Kocharyan was detained for 2 months. As an accused, Kocharyan is involved in the crime of clashes following the 2008 presidential elections, which resulted in the murder of 10 people. To him, CSTO General Secretary Yuri Khachaturov and former Minister of Defense Mikael Harutyunyan accused of subverting the constitutional order.

How was Kocharyan summoned for questioning?

“We are not talking about the case of Robert Kocharyan, but about a case that is a complete case, starting from the events of March 1 until now. There are also the events of March 1 and other events, by which many criminals were arrested and people were convicted. For us, the July 3 message of the SIS will be the starting point, which we have the right to analyze.

Robert Kocharyan was charged on July 26. He was called as a witness but immediately charged. After that, he did not testify, although we were prepared to testify. Robert Kocharyan was familiar with the content of the accusation, I was not, because when it was announced that he would not testify, I was not interested in the content of the accusation. I thought I would go out and get acquainted. I thought I was going to be arrested. One of the investigators took Kocharyan’s small testimony, about 17-18 lines, and left the room. After a few minutes, he returned and brought a decision to choose detention as a preventive measure. I thought they would arrest me. They gave 136 the one-page paper, the decision and they said, “You are free,” he said, HJ reports.

The lawyer mentioned that unexpectedly on the same day at 21.35 in the evening, he was notified that the court session to decide the restraining order was scheduled for the same day, at 22.00. According to Ruben Sahakyan, it was found that Robert Kocharyan was not notified about the session. He mentioned that he needs at least 1 day to get acquainted with the case materials, therefore, they requested that they be given time, but the judge refused. “At 01:30, the investigative group made a decision to announce a search for Robert Kocharyan. In other words, they decided to arrest him already. They did not arrest him, Robert Kocharian came to the session in the morning.”

“This is an order” and what does Soros have to do with it?

Ruben Sahakyan emphasized that the fact that the court acts in such haste was an indication that Kocharyan will be detained, that the petition for bail will not be granted. “It was clear that this is an order that must be fulfilled, by whom the order is, it’s natural, I can’t say, I can assume, I can’t speak out. I think that the culprits are in the General Prosecutor’s Office, the SIS,” said the defense attorney.

Earlier, “Hraparak” newspaper reported that the new head of SIS Sasun Khachatryan not only the former president of the Criminal Chamber of the Cassation Chamber, a well-known lawyer Mher Khachatryan He is the son, but also the brother of Davit Khachatryan, the chairman of the board of directors of the Soros Foundation “Open Society Foundations-Armenia”. “Some see in this the confirmation of the thesis that “Soros” played a major role in the recent events in Armenia,” the newspaper writes, reminding that the CSI is investigating the March 1 case, and the CSI decided to submit petitions for the arrest of Robert Kocharyan, Yuri Khachaturov and Mikayel Harutyunyan.

“If you accuse a person, then accuse within the framework of the law, if you want to detain, then organize your actions according to the letter of the law.” If the person has committed a minor act, do not suggest more severe liability. It happened too Levon Ter-Petrosyan, and Robert Kocharyan, and under Serzh Sargsyan. After the Velvet Revolution, we lawyers got high hopes that something would change. I am already convinced that such a hope cannot be had, it will not happen, if the Prime Minister does not put his hand on the table and say: “What are you doing? I have come so that the people will believe in me, and you are sticking a knife in my back,” said Ruben Sahakyan.

Primitive legal illiteracy

In the case of Robert Kocharyan, primitive legal illiteracy was demonstrated, Kocharyan’s lawyer is sure Ruben Sahakyan:

“If such a strong group approached the issue in such a way, moreover, they hid part of the criminal case materials and did not provide them to us, violating the principle of the European Convention, then it will be difficult to justify Robert Kocharyan. Such obvious facts and justifying evidence will not be accepted without reasons, they will be rejected,” he said.

The lawyer noted that in one case it will be possible to easily acquit Robert Kocharyan. “If the Prime Minister intervenes in this process. True, they will tell me, what right does he have to interfere? But he can instruct the attorney general to look into it, please, my name is appearing here. If he does that, maybe the situation will become easier. In that case, it will be much easier to justify,” he said.

Let’s remind that Nikol Pashinyan has repeatedly repeated that no court order will be issued from Baghramyan 26.